Exercises & Homework

Here's the practice exercises for the episode and the homework from Te Murumāra. Let's see how you do with these.

In our homework session with Te Murumaara today, he tells us that Anahera is listing the animals she saw at the zoo. If ‘raiona’ is lion, ‘makimaki’ is monkey and ‘porete’ is parrakeet, how would she say: ‘I saw a lion, a monkey and a parrakeet'?
  • I rongo au i te raiona, te makimaki me tētahi porete
  • I kite ahau i te raiona, i te makimaki, i te porete.
  • I oma au me te raiona, te makimaki, te porete
  

How would you say 'What about this melon?' in Māori?
  • Pēhea te merengi nei?
  • Me pēhea tēnei waiata?
  • Pēhea tēnei tae?
  

How would you say 'What about some apples?' in Māori?
  • Ka pēhea he āporo?
  • Ka pēhea he kai?
  • Kei te pēhea ngā āporo?
  

How would you say 'How can it be done?' in Māori?
  • Ka pēhea tātou e mahi ai?
  • Kei te pēhea te ārani?
  • Me pēhea e taea ai?
  

How would you say 'Me pēhea?' in English?
  • How about the weather?
  • What about some water?
  • How then?
  

How would you say 'How was my song?' in Māori?
  • I pēhea taku waiata?
  • I pēhea tōna waiata?
  • I pēhea te wai?
  

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